Education & Careers news December 2007

Accounting professionals never procrastinate. But in case you've been so busy that you've lost track of time and find yourself trying to "beat the clock" to meet your CPE requirements, CCH Tax and Accounting offers the CCH Testing Center. The Testing Center can be used to review print self-study course materials, which are available as PDF files, and complete the final exams online. You can complete the test any time, any day, receiving your results and CPE credits instantly.

The Learning Assistance & Resource Center at West Chester University of Pennsylvania is pleased to offer the following tips to help students who are preparing for final exams:Review should come early while material is still fresh in your mind. The first reading of the material should be followed by a break of several hours before a second reading of the same material. Predict exam questions using as many as possible resources including questions the textbook, chapter headings, class notes, and previous quizzes and exams.

A new global report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, "Managing Tomorrow's People: The Future of Work to 2020," illustrates how organizations need to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing world and provides scenarios of future business models to help companies anticipate change and address how they will attract, retain, and motivate the people they will need in the future. PwC surveyed 2,793 graduates from China, the U.K. and U.S.